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Census Record William Allsop Household Allentown 1920

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Record type: Census Records
Source: FamilySearch "United States, Census, 1920", record 1:1:MFY6-7BJ, Allentown city, Ward 11, Lehigh County, image 942 of 1,037 (image ark 3:1:33S7-9RJT-8K4), sheet 19A, lines 33 to 36; read on the image at full resolution (header and two crops). Search: FamilySearch, William Allsop, born 1856–1864, residence Lehigh County: 920 rows, first row read (a 1920 census row; the next rows were the sons' marriages, BR5.1 addendum b). A first search limited to the 1930 census (collection 1810731) returned 0 rows (spelling or collection filter; not pursued).
Language: English
Result: Found and read.

People in this record

Annie L. Parrish

Transcript and translation

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The record

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Transcription

Header: "Pennsylvania", "Lehigh", "Allentown City", "Ward of city 11", Supervisor's District "5", Enumeration District "187", Sheet "19 A"; "Enumerated by me on the [day not written] day of January, 1920"; "Mrs. Fred W. Doll, Enumerator"; stamp "7701" at top right.

Line 33: "Allsop William", Head, tenure "[mark; reads 'Un' (?)]", M, W, 59, M (married); immigrated "1870", naturalized "Na", year "1876"; born "Wales"; mother tongue "Welsh"; father born "England" ["English"], mother born "Wales" ["Welsh"]; speaks English "Yes"; reads and writes "Yes"; trade "Laborer", industry "Motor Works", W (wage earner). House number "181[9½]", dwelling "431", family "445".

Line 34: "Annie", Wife, F, W, 53, M; immigrated "1889", naturalized "Na", year "1895"; born "England" ["English"], father "England" ["English"], mother "England"; no occupation.

Line 35: "Jennie", Daughter, F, W, 17, S; born "Jersey" [New Jersey]; father "Wales" ["Welsh"], mother "England" ["English"]; Saleswoman, department store, W.

Line 36: "Jeanette", Granddaughter, F, W, 3½ [3 and 6/12], S; born "Pennsylvania"; father "Wales" [Welsh], mother "New Jersey".

Plain reading

In January 1920 William Allsop, 59, a laborer at a motor works, and his wife Annie, 53, lived in Ward 11 of Allentown with their daughter Jennie (17, born in New Jersey, a department-store saleswoman) and a granddaughter, Jeanette (3½). William gives 1870 as his year of arrival and 1876 for naturalization; Annie gives 1889 and 1895.

Notes

PROBABLE that this is the Mahanoy City household of 1910 and the Annie Parrish of the sons' marriage records (BR5.1 addendum b): William, Annie, Wales and England as birthplaces, and Jennie born in New Jersey agree.

Conflicts noted: Immigration: William 1870 (1920), 1871 (1910), 1889 (1900); Annie 1889 (1920), 1887 (1910). The 1900 date contradicts the later two; the 1881 England census (Annie about 14, Kingswinford) fits an arrival after 1881 only. Naturalization: William 1876 (1920) is before his 1889 "arrival" of 1900; Annie 1895 is a derived date (by his naturalization, not hers), an error or a different system. Annie's age: 53 in January 1920 gives birth about 1866–67 (1910: 43; 1900: 34, b. Oct 1865). Jeanette's parents: father "Wales", mother "New Jersey": a son of William born in Pennsylvania would not give "Wales" for his own birthplace. Not explained; not pursued (granddaughter, born about 1916; mother possibly from New Jersey).